Experience Quote by Andrew Sean Greer

What makes screenplays difficult are the things that require the most discipline and care and are just not seen by most people. I'm talking…

— Robert Towne

Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.

— Grant Heslov

It's hard writing screenplays.

— Ridley Scott

Screenplays are the hardest thing to try to get right. They look so simple when they work, but they really destroy your brain cells…

— Jerry Bruckheimer

I find reading screenplays difficult, as they're only a roadmap for what a movie might end up being.

— Daniel Handler

It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you…

— Lorene Scafaria

Making a film is hard because you're not dealing with the intangible. When you're writing, it's perfect because it's only in your head and…

— Steven Knight

Screenplays are not writing. They're a fake form of writing. It's a lot of dialogue and very little atmosphere. Very little description. Very little…

— Ray Bradbury

Writing a really good screenplay is not easy. It can be a very punishing form.

— Peter Hedges

The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it…

— Salman Rushdie

I find screenplays easy to write, my novels being very visual. You see what people look like. The physical action is described.

— John Irving

My screenplays are very detailed. The reason they're detailed... you have to think on your feet. You have to be ready to change because…

— Deepa Mehta